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Los Angeles Lakers (17x NBA Champions)

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Especially when those losses were 1 point at Detroit without Gasol and 3 points at ATL when Kobe had dislocated his pinky. Definitely a great trip, the Lakers are quickly establishing themselves as the team to beat in the West.

When Bynum gets back our starting 5 is going to be excellent, plus with the recent contributions we have been getting from Vujacic and Radmanovic, this team could go very far into the post season. I don't know of any team in the league that can match up with a 4/5 of Gasol/Bynum for a 7 game series.
 
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BengalsAndBucks;1091764; said:
Especially when those losses were 1 point at Detroit without Gasol and 3 points at ATL when Kobe had dislocated his pinky. Definitely a great trip, the Lakers are quickly establishing themselves as the team to beat in the West.
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I hate that term "the team to beat." If any team is that, it's the Spurs, they are the defending champs and they have shown that in the playoffs they are the superior team. I like where the Lakers are going, Gasol seems really happy, Bryant seems really happy, we have a lot of young players, Odom seems to have settled into a great role (Triple Double tonight) and when Fisher is on, he's deadly.

When Bynum gets back our starting 5 is going to be excellent, plus with the recent contributions we have been getting from Vujacic and Radmanovic, this team could go very far into the post season. I don't know of any team in the league that can match up with a 4/5 of Gasol/Bynum for a 7 game series.
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Yeah, we have a really deep team right now, something we were missing for a long time, even during the 3 championships. I hope Bynum comes back and can be as effective as he was, he's on his way to being one of the great centers in the league, I would love to sit back in 10-12 years and look at his jersey hanging up in Staples, that's high hopes and a long way away, but the Lakers great teams have always been built around a great center.
 
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This Kobe injury is a scary thing. At the current pace, it would take 51 wins to get into the playoffs, and if he has to have the surgery I could see the team not making it. Really hope he is able to play through this for the rest of the season without doing any long-term damage to the pinky.
 
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Will this be the year? I mean, if you are a fan of the NBA there's a handful of players that truly impact a game in such a way that if they are removed, the team wouldn't be 30% of what it is with that player. Kobe Bryant is one of those players, yet he doesn't seem to get the MVP consideration I think he deserves. Here's a guy who hears the "MVP" chant from fans of opposing teams, and this year he's become a different player, he passes, he picks when he needs to, and he does what it takes to help the team win.
 
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ESPN - Los Angeles vs. Los Angeles - Recap - February 23, 2008

ESPN.com said:
Balanced attack leads Lakers to seventh straight win, share of West lead


LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant was just one of the guys Saturday night. That's how simple it was for the Los Angeles Lakers against their short-handed crosstown rivals.
Pau Gasol had 23 points, five rebounds, six assists and three blocked shots, five teammates including Bryant scored in double figures, and the surging Lakers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-95 for their seventh straight victory.

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Howforewhatthehell made the Lakers think they can suddenly expect teams to roll over? Yes, we have Gasol, yes, Kobe is having a great year, but the first quarter of tonights game against the Blazers was careless, the second quarter was better, but we are letting Outlaw and Aldridge have open shots whenever they want, not to mention Steve Blake is looking more like Kobe Byrant than Kobe is... This has been the curse we've had since Shaq left, as soon as we are doing well, we just sit back and expect teams to give up before the game has been played :(
 
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BengalsAndBucks;1102531; said:
I wish I could watch this game.
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OCBucksFan;1102539; said:
Trust me on this one... No, you don't.
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Heh, it's funny, after I posted this, they suddenly turned it on. Don't get me wrong, the Lakers played a horrible game tonight, but, they get the win and dominate the second half. Blazers 83, Lakers 96, Lakers get 40 wins tonight.
 
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